"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Arts in History."; Thesis advisor: Heather Prescott.; M.A.,Central Connecticut State University,,2013.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 104-111).

Eightmile River (New London County and Middlesex County, Conn.); Water quality -- Connecticut

Anthropogenic influences have significant deleterious impacts on the integrity of aquatic environments. Recent conservation efforts have been directed towards whole watershed management, whereby the quality of surface water is maintained through...

American memory describes the homecomings of military personnel from Vietnam as a nation unwilling to support them. Television and movies depict the struggle that American service men and women faced as they found their way back to normalcy. ...

Barnacles have been well studied due to their abundance in the marine community and their ability to foul marine structures, such as ship hulls and piers. However, it is necessary to better understand the site-specific reproductive capability of...

United States Coast Guard Academy; Women military cadets -- United States

The United States Coast Guard Academy was the only military service academy to change its policy to allow women to apply to the school, before legislation forced each federally funded military institute to do so. The purpose of this research study...

Critics have been struggling to find a consistent theme that permeates Herman Melville’s Pierre; or, the Ambiguities (1852). There is the pamphlet on which a lecture by a man named Plotinus Plinlimmon is written down in the middle of the story. It...

The purpose of this study was to compare the stress felt by officers employed by different size departments to identify differences and similarities between small town and urban policing. This study surveyed 104 officers of various ranks from four...

"Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Science in International Studies."; Thesis advisor: Shen Xiaoping.; M.S.,Central Connecticut State University,,2014.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves...

Domestic violence is an important issue that affects women of all races, ethnicities and social classes. Nearly four million women experience intimate partner abuse every year. Due to the changing make up of the United States, this issue has...

The purpose of this thesis project was to develop a Geographic Information System (GIS) application that would increase the efficiency of a certain rural volunteer fire department which does not employ emergency dispatching personnel. The Goal was...

Myrmecochory is a widespread and diverse mutualism between ants and flowering plants in which a modified seed appendage, an elaiosome, is provided to ants as a food reward. In eastern North American forests, ants of the genus Aphaenogaster disperse...

According to Hancock, Mattox, and Queen (2005) few studies have examined the effects of block scheduling at the middle level. Those that have shown success at the middle level have been unable to narrow down which specific aspects of block...

The traditional definition of retirement and retirement migration is changing in the United States. This change in retirement is being fueled by the baby boomer generation. The retirement market is set to explode as this cohort of over 75 million...